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16 Aug 04 - 07:53 AM (#1248574) Subject: King Aurthur From: *Laura* Does anyone know if there are any songs about King Aurthur? And where I might find them? I've just re-read my very good version of the book, and am interested in the idea of King Aurthur and the Westcountry, and wonder if there are any songs that have the same sort of ideas. xLx |
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16 Aug 04 - 07:58 AM (#1248575) Subject: RE: King Aurthur From: pavane Spell it ARTHUR for more results! |
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16 Aug 04 - 07:59 AM (#1248577) Subject: RE: King Aurthur From: *Laura* Yeah i noticed that after I did it - it's one of those words I can never spell. Like necessary (is that right) oopsy! xLx |
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16 Aug 04 - 08:01 AM (#1248578) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: *Laura* there - changed |
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16 Aug 04 - 08:03 AM (#1248579) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: *Laura* how do I change the title of the thread? properly I mean |
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16 Aug 04 - 08:04 AM (#1248580) Subject: RE: King Aurthur From: pavane The only one I can find is not related to Arthur himself, but just 'In good King Arthur's time', about the three thieving rogues (Miller and the Weaver and the little Tailor) |
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16 Aug 04 - 08:26 AM (#1248591) Subject: RE: King Aurthur From: Ross How about the musical - Camelot Richard Harris singing about a cake and never having the recipe again Oh Nooooooo!!!!!!!!!! Jim Webb song I think There used to be a brilliant kids cartoon on UK tele with quite a catchy theme tune I'm giggling now, so I'll have to go |
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16 Aug 04 - 09:34 AM (#1248618) Subject: RE: King Aurthur From: Turlough Laura, well, technically it's not really about Arthur, but Nick Keir wrote a song called "Avalon", it's somewhere in the DT. And there's Jake Walton's "Tristan's Song", which also isn't actually about Arthur himself... There are probably many more songs, but these are the only two that I can think of right now... T. P.S. What "very good version of the book" have you read? |
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16 Aug 04 - 10:35 AM (#1248644) Subject: RE: King Aurthur From: cloudstreet We sing the theme song from a cartoon called, "Arthur and the Square Knights of the Round Table". A google search for toontracker should take you to it. You can't download the song but it plays when you load the right page. Good fun. John. |
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16 Aug 04 - 11:21 AM (#1248683) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: Jeri I've written one. (Or mostly written one. I'm still not satisfied with parts of it.) You're probably looking for existing songs though. I have a vague memory of a song by Crosby Stills & Nash about Guinnevere, but one would think there were be some trad-sounding songs as well. One reason I wanted to write a song was the fact that there don't seem to be very many songs about King Arthur or Camelot. Another reason was I really wanted to explore the question of (after Arthur's departure to Avalon) "and THEN what happened?" 2nd verse: And his knights rode where the four winds blew, No reason here to stay. He dreamed a dream and they believed, But the dream is buried in the clay. Remembered, yes, by those who lack, The strength that living it would take, And Excalibur's, in the cold, cold hands, Of the Lady of the Lake. Regarding how to change the thread title, sometimes Admin people see requests in a thread, if they happen to be reading the thread. Other times, you can post a message in the Help Forum - the link's in the banner at the top of each page. |
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16 Aug 04 - 11:54 AM (#1248701) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: Turlough John, I heard you sing that song at Alcester. Very funny! T. |
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16 Aug 04 - 05:22 PM (#1248888) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: *Laura* Monty Python have a song about 'The Nights of the Round Table' - thats a good one! |
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16 Aug 04 - 05:22 PM (#1248890) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: *Laura* I mean knights! honestly - theres something wrong with my keyboard! not me! hehe |
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16 Aug 04 - 05:26 PM (#1248896) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: Georgiansilver Knights in white satin...LOL |
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16 Aug 04 - 05:29 PM (#1248900) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: Georgiansilver To be serious...if you feed "excalibur" into the lyrics and knowledge search you will come up with something on the thread. Best wishes. |
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16 Aug 04 - 06:26 PM (#1248940) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: GUEST,ClaireBear See the "Hunting Song" thread (to which I just posted) for an obscure early Pentangle lyric that's Arthurian in story line, although it doean't mention him by name. |
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16 Aug 04 - 07:51 PM (#1248988) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: Susan of DT There are a few Child ballads with Arthurian overtones, all in the DT: Child #29 The Boy and the Mantle Child #30 The Marriage of Sir Gawaine Child #18 Sir Lionel/Old Bangum |
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16 Aug 04 - 08:05 PM (#1248999) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: Hawker Pete Coe wrote a song called The Wizard Of Aldeley which has a reference to King Arthur in it. I think it is in the DT Cheers Lucy |
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17 Aug 04 - 08:27 AM (#1249302) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: GUEST,Mr Sooze Check out the 3 novels by Bernard Cornwall- "Ememy of God"; The Winter King" & "Excaliber".... excellent reading ! |
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17 Aug 04 - 12:21 PM (#1249466) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: FIDDLE-4 IF YOU LOOK UP A MAN CALLED ARNOLD BAX AN ENGLISH CLASSICAL MUSIC COMPOSER. VERY INTO CELTIC MUSIC AND ARTHURIAN LEDGEND HE WROTE A THING CALLED TINTAGLE OR SOME SPELLING LIKE THAT ,,YOU WILL MAYBE FIND SOME FOLK SONGS CONNECTED TO HIS WORK.. |
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17 Aug 04 - 04:46 PM (#1249692) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: GUEST Camelot. Tis a silly place |
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17 Aug 04 - 05:08 PM (#1249709) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: *Laura* A blessing! A blessing from the lord! God be Praised! |
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17 Aug 04 - 05:24 PM (#1249729) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: Turlough Yes, of course! Here's a true Arthurian song (although, again, it's not about Arthur himself). |
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17 Aug 04 - 05:34 PM (#1249741) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: The Walrus I seem to recall a French song: "Chevaliers de la Table Ronde" ( apologies to any Francophones out there, for the appalling spelling). W |
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17 Aug 04 - 05:42 PM (#1249746) Subject: Lyr Add: ARTHUR (Rick Wakeman) From: Rasener How about this one Rick Wakeman ยป Arthur WHOSO PULLETH OUT THIS SWORD FROM THIS STONE AND ANVIL, IS THE TRUE- BORN KING OF ALL BRITAIN Upon a New Year's day A host of knights did pray That from the anvil one could draw the sword. As each knight took his turn They found the anvil, held it firm; None worthy of a future King and Lord. Sir Kay the bravest knight Appeared to try his might He dreamed of being King, as all the rest To Arthur Sir Kay called to search And bring for him a sword In earnest Arthur set about his quest. A churchyard in the wood The sword and anvil stood And Arthur drew the sword out of the stone The anvil now defeated His quest for the sword completed A sword that was to place him on the throne A sword that was to place him on the throne. Sir Hector and Sir Kay saw the sword And knelt to pray Then gently took it from young Arthur's hand They marvelled at his quest Proclaiming to the rest Arthur is the King of all this land Arthur the King of all this land. |
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17 Aug 04 - 05:46 PM (#1249753) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: Turlough Oh yes! That's a nice one... What was the chorus again? "Goutons voir, oui oui oui, goutons voir, non non non, goutons voir, si le vin est bon..." |
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17 Aug 04 - 07:19 PM (#1249858) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: kendall How about Dave Mallett's song, "Arthur"? Jeri that gives me goose flesh! Finish it. |
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17 Aug 04 - 07:44 PM (#1249870) Subject: ADD: MORTE D'ARTHUR (Anne Lister) From: Barbara ^^MORTE D'ARTHUR (Anne Lister copyright 1995) After the battle the daylight faded Darkness fell, not a word was spoken I stood by the king awhile and waited The sword in his hand, like his heart, was broken And what did he say but to throw the sword away Throw it in the water that ever runs deep What did he say but to throw the sword away And then, he said, then he could sleep. By the lakeside the seabirds were calling I stood by the water with the sword in my hand And all around me the shadows were falling Darkness fell on all the green land And what could I do but to walk back to the king The broken sword hanging more heavy than gold But how could I throw the sword into the lake? May God forgive me the lies that I told. Again he looked at me, his eyes as dark as pain told me to take the sword to the lake Told me to throw it till it flew home again Told me to be sure and make no mistake And down by the lakeside once more the seabirds called The still waters lying as heavy as death But I took the sword and threw it towards the sky And as it fell I heard a soft sighing breath. (BREAK) In the lake rose an arm clothed in samite In the lake rose an arm clothed in white The hand caught the sword and waved it three times round And darkness fell, darker than midnight. When I reached the battlefield the king was no longer there I ran to the cliff top and looked to the sea A ship on the water with sails of silver And four ladies standing their backs turned to me And Arthur between them, sailing to Avalon The coastline of Albion slowly turned black And I walked homewards into the darkness To wait for the day when the king will come back. For there's no end now to my story There's no end to the tale that I've told The hand caught the sword and waved it three times round The time will come when the dark will turn gold. |
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17 Aug 04 - 09:58 PM (#1249930) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: delphinium There's Maddy Prior's CD "Arthur the King" - with a song cycle about the historical King Arthur. Lyrics and notes here. |
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18 Aug 04 - 12:54 AM (#1250018) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: Stilly River Sage Laura, There are a number of Arthurian cognates in legends of many regions of Europe and the Mediterranean, some as far away as India. Adonis, Attis, Osiris are three who get mention in scholarly works by James Frazer and Jessie Weston. The stories of Parzival/Parsival/Parsifal (also called Perceval, other variants are Percyvelle and Perlesvaus--this last one yeilds some good and very old information, I think) all contributed to or benefitted from the legend of Arthur and the Green Knight and the Holy Grail. You may recognize the name Parsifal because of Wagner's opera. These are all popular and related stories. There is lots of old poetry that can be adapted to song, and probably songs transcribed as poetry in the many books referred to in Weston's wonderful little book From Ritual to Romance. Arthur is a spinoff of a fertility legend, as are the others. The waters, the wasteland, the grail are all part of that. There is tons of stuff if you do some searches, but I wouldn't suggest Google for this, though you'll possibly scratch the surface. I suggest you go to a large library with books or large online fee (scholarly) databases where you can search on some of these terms. Find the OLD version of The Golden Bough (the one that is in many volumes). And find a copy of Jessie Weston's From Ritual to Romance. I just thumbed through it and found many exerpts from Medieval poetry. If you look up her book on The Green Knight I think you'll find even more. She quotes a lot of Mallory, though she also disagrees with many of his conclusions. I am in passing familiar with the Green Knight book, but haven't read it. I think it contains a lot of material in poetical form. In addition to Frazer and Weston, James Campbell has written about the Arthurian legend and no doubt has an extensive bibliography. There are many scholars more modern than these three, some who have put slightly different readings on the primary materials in question. My work with this was in English Lit where I was working with early 20th century authors, so I wasn't pursing the more modern scholarship, but it's out there. I hope this helps. SRS |
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18 Aug 04 - 01:29 PM (#1250537) Subject: RE: King Arthur From: *Laura* Cheers I will - thanks a lot. xLx |